brusque

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• Received-Pronunciation: /bɹʊsk/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /bɹuːsk/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /bɹʌsk/
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• General-American: /bɹʌsk/
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• rhymes with -ʌsk
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• rhymes with -ʊsk
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• rhymes with -uːsk
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• CMU ARPABET: B R AH1 S K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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The adjective is borrowed from French brusque, from Italian brusco (“abrupt, sudden, brusque; brisk; eager; sour, tart; unripe; grim-looking”); further etymology unknown. The verb is derived from the adjective.

Unadapted borrowing from Portuguese Brusque.

78 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: ashpër — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Armenian: բռի (bṙi) — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Bulgarian: безцеремо́нен (bezceremónen) — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Bulgarian: груб (grub) — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Bulgarian: ря́зък (rjázǎk) — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Catalan: brusc — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Cebuano: brusko — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Cebuano: suplado — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Chinese Mandarin: 粗暴 (cūbào) — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Chinese Mandarin: 唐突 (tángtū) — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Chinese Mandarin: 無禮 /无礼 (wúlǐ) — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Czech: bryskní — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Danish: brysk — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Dutch: bruusk — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Dutch: cassant — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Dutch: kortaf — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Esperanto: abrupta — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Faroese: hvassorðaður — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Faroese: kvettorðaður — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Finnish: jäyhä — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Finnish: töykeä — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• French: brusque — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Georgian: უხეში (uxeši) — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• German: brüsk — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• German: brüskierend — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• German: plötzlich — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Greek: απότομος (apótomos) — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Greek: ανάγωγος (anágogos) — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Greek: σκαιός (skaiós) — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Hungarian: durva — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Hungarian: nyers — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Icelandic: byrstur — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Icelandic: hastur — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Icelandic: hranalegur — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Icelandic: hrjúfur — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Icelandic: óheflaður — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Icelandic: ruddalegur — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Icelandic: stuttaralegur — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Icelandic: stuttur í spuna — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Icelandic: þurr á manninn — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Indonesian: hantam kromo — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Indonesian: kasar — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Indonesian: serampangan — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Irish: borb — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Italian: brusco — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Italian: sbrigativo — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Italian: spicciativo — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Italian: spiccio — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Japanese: ぶっきら棒な (bukkirabō na) — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Japanese: 無礼な (burei na) — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Japanese: けんもほろろ (kenmohororo) — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Japanese: 素っ気無い — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Japanese: 素っ気ない (sokkenai) — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Japanese: 素気無い — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Japanese: 素気ない (sugenai) — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Japanese: 突っ慳貪 (tsukkendon) — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Korean: 무디다 (mudida) — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Latin: abscīsus — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Macedonian: о́тсечен (ótsečen) — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Occitan: brusc — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Polish: kanciasty — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Polish: obcesowy — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Polish: opryskliwy — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Polish: oschły — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Polish: szorstki — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Portuguese: brusco — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Russian: бесцеремо́нный (besceremónnyj) — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Russian: гру́бый (grúbyj) — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Russian: ре́зкий (rézkij) — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Scots: affhand — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Spanish: brusco — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Spanish: abrupto — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Swedish: brysk — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Swedish: burdus — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Ukrainian: безцеремо́нний (bezceremónnyj) — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Veps: huiktelmatoi — rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
• Korean: 무뚝뚝하다 (muttukttukhada) — to act towards (someone or something) in a curt or rudely abrupt manner
• Korean: 퉁명스럽다 (tungmyeongseureopda) — to act towards (someone or something) in a curt or rudely abrupt manner